Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-31

| SAN FRANCISCO, October 30th.-Considers
| able test 'mony was taken again last night
at the fna uest on the body of the deceased
Benhayos, butthe result leaves the mystery
as far from being solved as at any time
since the pa oceedings were commenced.
The detectiTa were still at work last even
ing in an ene5. avor to find out who were
the persons s,a n with Benhayon on the
street last Saaa day night but met with
little success. 7. he murder theorists con-
tend that their FSe MITIGATION is necessary to
the clearing up OF the mystery.
Almost every , erson has a different
theory to offer fogt lie death of the Young
man, or rather diffss ent grounds ON which
to base one of the two theories that all
must hold-murder or suicide. Among
those who believe it 9, have been a case Of
suicide is detective e N Bohen He does
not state why he thinga so, but says that
after studying the case has come to that
conclusion.
a WOMAN IN "a e CASE.
Another theory-advaa eed by an Eng
lish gentleman who elaE1 rs to have had
long experience in crimin al matters-is,
that there is woman in the case. He does
not believe that Dimmig lurdered Ben
hayon, nor that he was prese ut at the time
the latter died, but he is conf dent that he
had hand IN the affair frol distance.
The reasons which he gives fo this belief
are quite ingenious and plausib e. Among
other things he says:
7 ou must have noticed that no end of
testimony Is forthcoming concern ing DIM
mig. His occupation, room rentin g, poison
getting and whereabouts and VIII. itabouts
on saturday evening have all be, N told.
30 IL Is with Benhayon, except SO fal as his
connection with Dimmig is concern ed, I'D
to 5:15 on Saturday afternoon. Then comes
a blank until his body is found OH Sun
day morning. Out from the blank how
ever, stand two salient facts {: first, that he
was seen, apparently intoxicated, at IOP.
M. IN company with a man ard woman
who were urging him to go somewhere
with them; and second, that he was again
seen between 1O30 and II P. VI. in company
with man who was trying 10 take him
somewhere
The people who saw him, as with the
people who saw Dimmig, promptly notified
the police of the fact, and so also was it
with the man who was in company with
Dimmig, but no sign can be found of and
no word is forthcoming from the woman
and the man, or men, who could tell us
something-or all-that occurred during
the last hours of Benhayons life. And
this, notwithstanding the fact that their
testimony is of vital importance to DIM
mig, possibly, and to Bowers certainly. If
the woman was common woman, she
would be in no way harmed by making a
statement of her association with Ben
hayon, while if the man who was with the
two is not criminally involved in the death
his silence is in itself criminal for it NAV
be endangering the life of a fellow-being
who claims to be innocent, but lacks proof
OF that fact The natural sequence seems
to be that these hidden witnesses have seen
and heard more than they dare tell"
WAS THIS DaMMIG?
Frank Clough, a druggist in the EMPLOY
OF Wakelee & Co, could not identify Dim
mig as the man whom he had refused
cyanide of potassium. His evidence was
as follows
About week ago last Sunday 4 man
came in the store and wantes1 eyan;de of
potassium. l asked him what be wanted
1t for, and he said he wanted to take it.
refused to give it to him. The man was of
medium size and looked as if he was in
toxlcated or jest recovering from debauch
He remarked that he had no friends. I
saw Dlmmig last night in this Courtroom.
but don't think he was the man who ap-
piled for the cyanide of potassium. 1
think he was of light complexion and
wore a Derby hat 1t is NV irspression
that he had light mustache'
Dimmig was walking restlessly up and
down the corridor of the tank when a Call
reporter visited him last evening He still
smiles and jokes but the wear of anxiety.
the mildew of prison life, are already set
ting their stamp on him. He denied en-
phatically the statement of a morning pa-
per to the effect that he was associated with
the Downs gang in the southern part of this
State " know who Downs is he re-
Marked " for was in that section of the
country some years ago, bot l have never
had personal acquaintance with him or
any of his associates. Mr. Burdette Chan
dler, Superintendent of the Chandler Oil
and Mining Company, can tell yeu what
sort of reputation bore down there, as [
worked for him.
He reiterated his inability to explain Ben
hayon's presence in room q, or to locate
the girl Dimples," for whom lie claims to
have engaged the room, and sgain forcibly
denies that he ever employed Benhayon to
copy for him, or to do any writing for him
whatsoever.
=" All my troubles here are the result of
my carelessness and folly, but | have done
nothing worse TO blame myself for and am
certain that l shall get out of this uncom-
Portable situation in q very short time.
The inquest is likely to be long one, how
ever, for after the Coroner has got through
with his witnesses, l shall cali lot OF 9TH
ers to testify to my character